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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 5 days ago

Papers, please!

Digital ID age checks have taken another lunge forward. UK MPs have agreed to new powers to expand age verification across online platforms.

More and more everyday web services will be locked behind digital checkpoints, despite the serious privacy and security risks of this system.

#ageverification #digitalid #socialmedia #socialmediaban #freedomofexpression #childrensbill #privacy #ukpoltics #ukpol

Open Rights Group

Papers Please! MPs back mass online digital ID checkpoints.

Open Rights Group has warned that new powers agreed by MPs in the Children and Schools Wellbeing Bill to expand age identification across online platforms risk creating a system of digital checkpoints.

#childrensbill #socialmediaban #digitalid #ukpoltics #ukpol #ageverification #freedomofexpression #socialmedia #privacy

Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 5 days ago

“In less than a year, we’ve gone from proposals to check ID for porn to the prospect of checking ID to access social media or unlock everyday features such as livestreams or feeds.

These online ID systems put both children and adults’ sensitive data at risk.”

🗣️ @JamesBaker for ORG.

#ageverification #digitalid #socialmedia #socialmediaban #freedomofexpression #childrensbill #privacy #ukpoltics #ukpol

Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 5 days ago

The UK Parliament continues to pursue an approach to online safety that doesn't work.

The Australian under-16 social media ban has failed to make any difference and people have sought ways around it.

Digital ID age checks come at the cost of everyone's privacy and free expression. The math ain't mathing.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/most-australian-teens-admit-social-111400429.html

#ageverification #digitalid #socialmedia #socialmediaban #freedomofexpression #childrensbill #privacy #ukpoltics #ukpol

Yahoo News

Most Australian teens admit the social media ban isn’t working as they try to sidestep age verification blocks with face masks and their parents’ IDs

A new survey found more than 60% of Australian kids between 12 and 15 are still using at least one social media platform following a ban implemented last year.

Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 5 days ago

The problem of online harms lies with the underlying business models of social media platforms.

Digital ID age checks do nothing to change that.

We need to disrupt the advertising-driven business models built on surveillance, profiling and maximising engagement.

Sign our petition #BreakBigTech ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech

#ageverification #digitalid #socialmedia #socialmediaban #freedomofexpression #childrensbill #privacy #ukpoltics #ukpol